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Congratulations, your emotions are stable and you are able to wait out a slow-moving situation.  This is a great time to engage in renovation and beautification projects.  Spiff things up!  Material objects are excellent, and encouragement comes from things you can see and touch.  Good shopping! Medical issues are well resolved, and work is motoring [...]

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The First Object of Refuge

The First Object of Refuge

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Essence of Devotion”

Although the Buddha that we remember as Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, Shakyamuni is not present in his physical body as we understand it right now, we look at the Lama as the embodiment of the qualities, intentions, compassion and [...]

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Astrology

An important message, letter or communication happens today.  It’s most crucial to speak in a kind, diplomatic manner.  Angry or demanding speech harms your cause and you will be ignored, or worse.  The urge to “tell people off” is strong today, as is the wish to push others who aren’t responding the way you would [...]

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Right Speech

Right Speech

An excerpt from a teaching called The Eightfold Path by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Right speech is the first principal of ethical conduct on the Eightfold Path.  And on the Eightfold Path is really based on ethical conduct.  It’s one of the things that I like best about Buddhism.  It isn’t based on a pie-in-the-sky [...]

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Dedication Prayers

Dedication of Merit

 

SONAM DI YI TAM CHED ZIK PA NYID

By this merit, may all beings attain omniscience.

TOB NEI NYEI PAI DRA NAM PAM CHEI SHING

May they defeat the enemy of wrongdoing.

KYE NA CHI’I BA LONG TRUG PA YI

From the stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness, and death,

SID PAI TSO LEI DRO WA DROL WAR SHOG

From the ocean of samsara, may I free all beings.

JAM PAL PA WO JI TAR KHYEN PA DANG

Just as the heroic Manjusri became omniscient, and

KUN TU ZANG PO DE YANG DE ZHIN TE

Likewise Kuntuzangpo accomplished the same,

DE DAG KUN GYI JEI SU DAG LOB CHING

So too shall I, by following their example and training accordingly.

GE WA DI DAG TAM CHED RAB TU NGO

I dedicate this virtue to the benefit of all.

GE WA DI YI KYE WO KUN

Through this virtue may all beings

SONAM YESHE TSOK DZOK SHING

Perfect the accumulations of ordinary and wisdom merit.

SONAM YESHE LEI CHUNG WAI

From the arising of merit and wisdom,

DAM PA KU NYI TOB PAR SHOB

May the two sacred kayas be achieved!

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